"Huang Gongzi, please."

Han Jian said, first stepping into the Qingxu Yashe, Huang Lie followed behind, for fear that if he walked slowly, people would not be able to realize that he had come in with Dongwang.

On the second floor, Sima Yi and Ruan Ping had not yet returned, and in addition to a few tables of guests upstairs, there was only one acquaintance of Yang Xi. Yang Xi sat in the old position, holding a book and reading it alone, a little alone.

"Finally meet someone familiar." Yang Xi said with some emotion after seeing Han Jian, "I found that you all seem to have something to do, only me, even if I want to help my sister continue to investigate the case, my sister doesn't allow me to interfere anymore, but let the third brother help her." Alas! Maybe my sister still thinks I'm useless. ”

The empress asked the third prince Yang Yu to help investigate the case? It seems that the empress is balancing the possible disagreements between the two princes. This time, Yang Xi supervised the storage of summer grain, which involved a shocking case, Yang Xi's limelight was very strong, at this time, the empress appropriately asked Yang Yu to do some aftermath work, on the one hand, to let Yang Yu participate in this matter, but also to avoid making Yang Xi too dazzling.

Once Yang Xi's position as the crown prince is like a certainty, then Yang Xi will be on the cusp. In the face of the power struggle, Yang Yu and his henchmen behind the scenes may be able to do something.

"Okay, you think I've been busy all morning? Actually, I was in the city all morning, and I just finished investigating the case, so tired, it's good to go out for a walk. Another thing, your imperial uncle handed us an invitation, saying that he invited us to a banquet, and you also had your share. ”

Yang Xi's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he said, "You mean...... My imperial uncle, the king of Yanning County? ”

"Hmm. You don't want to go? Han Jian said, and the three of them had already sat down and had just sat down. Huang Lie stood up again, and he almost didn't dare to do it after being beaten. Finally, he carefully sat down sideways, and the sitting position was very strange.

By this time, the man had already served the refreshments. When the meal was approaching, Han Jian calculated that Sima Yi and Ruan Ping should also come back.

Yang Xi said: "It's not that I don't want to go, it's ...... My imperial uncle behaved strangely, and when I used to be a guest at his place, he always gave me and my third brother something strange...... So much so that every time I mention my imperial uncle in the future, I feel sick......"

Han Jian looked at Yang Xi's expression, and said in his heart What did the King of Yanning County give Yang Xi to make him have such a big psychological shadow?

"Maybe everyone's eating habits are different. What kind of food did the king of Yanning entertain you? Han Jian asked.

"It's just some ...... I can't say, it's just flying in the sky, running on the ground, and some bugs or something...... It looks disgusting, fishy, and some of them smell weird...... Uncle Huang always urged me and my third brother to eat...... Oops, it's uncomfortable to think about. ”

Han Jian smiled, it turned out that this Yanning County King was only entertaining them with some mountain treasures that were basically not seen in the palace.

"If you don't want to go, forget it, though. It's best to go there, after all, this time is a kind invitation from the king of Yanning County, if you don't go, it's a little unreasonable. Han Jian gave Yang Xi a choice. You can not go, but "it is better to go" means that you can't go if you don't go.

Yang Xi thought for a while and said, "Then I'll say it." I knew that the banquet was late, and I had eaten outside. Uncle Huang probably won't force me to eat those things. ”

Han Jian smiled, it seems that Yang Xi has a psychological shadow. However, since this time, the king of Yanning County invited them in a formal way. The feast should also be very formal, and those birds and beasts will not be entertained. Yang Xi's worries should also be unnecessary.

As he was talking, Sima Yi and Ruan Ping were late, Ruan Ping had been visiting his uncle and brothers in the same family for the past two days, as if he was trying to heal the trauma of failing the exam through interpersonal communication. Sima Yu didn't know how to comfort people, judging from the elated and dejected expressions of one after the two came back, Sima Yi may have begged Ruan Ping on the road. Among the three old friends, Ruan Ping has been bullied since he was a child.

"Hey, Huang Gongzi? Coming out? What are you ...... It's okay? Sima Yi looked at Huang Lie as soon as he came over, and asked in a strange tone.

Huang Lie scratched his head and smiled: "It should be fine, I heard that I killed the ...... Li Shilang is involved in a big case, he seems to be an important criminal, I will kill him...... It's for heaven, yes, it's for heaven. The yamen didn't correct me, but just beat me up a few times, saying that it was a small punishment and a big commandment, and just let me out. Hehe, my life is so big. ”

Huang Lie felt good about himself there. Han Jian didn't expect Huang Lie to be released so soon, it stands to reason that the case of Huang Lie's killing of Li Wei should be over, even if Li Wei is a traitor, Huang Lie's murder should not be released so childish after just a few boards. Huang Lie's release so quickly shows that the empress has been under pressure from the Southern Palace, and this pressure is not necessarily direct pressure, but may come from indirect. It is most likely that the cronies of the Southern Wangfu in Luoyang have launched a rescue operation, or it may be that they are about to break with the Northern Wang's party, and the empress will inevitably have a long night of dreams when he releases Huang Lie.

Han Jian said to Huang Lie: "Although Li Wei is dead and his henchmen have almost been cut off, there will still be people looking for you to take revenge." You should be careful these days, and it is best not to go out and walk around. ”

When Huang Lie heard this, he was a little surprised: "That means you can only be bored in the Nanwang Mansion Courtyard?" I'm X, won't I get a bird's egg? I'd like to go with a few of you to the banquet of the king of the county. ”

Sima Yi sat down and said with a smile: "It's the king of Yanning who invited the banquet, you didn't receive the invitation, you thought you could go casually?" ”

Sima was very proud in his words, because he was the one who was invited by name to this banquet. Now Sima Yi, as Han Jian's right-hand man, has appeared in the courtiers' field of vision many times and has become famous.

Huang Lie sighed when he heard what Sima said: "Alas, then I still have a bird's egg in Nanwangfu......"

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Seeing that it was dusk, Han Jian looked at the sky, and it was almost time for him to go to the king of Yanning with Sima Yi and Yang Xi to invite.

In the afternoon, Han Jian met Mrs. Luo in the name of asking the bookstore and explained some things. Han Jian has nothing to do now, and he doesn't need to go over to the Shangting Office, because now he is the only one left in the entire Treasury Division, and he will not have the slightest official business until the new Treasury leadership team is established. And the "technical" work of forming the treasury leadership team is obviously not suitable for him as a layman.

Han Jian's instructions to Mrs. Luo are roughly related to the King of the West. The main thing is to let Mrs. Luo summarize the actions of the West King and his henchmen one by one, and he wants to know why the Northern King Party has been so fierce recently, while the West King Party can completely withdraw from the matter.

Han Jian tidied up his clothes with Wen'er's help, and at this time, Sima Yi was dressed in civilian clothes and prepared to set off.

"You don't look like you're going to a banquet." Han Jian glanced at Sima Yi and said.

"Whatever, I'm destined to be a hero in the future, have you ever seen a hero wear grand clothes to what banquet? It's better to wear coarse old clothes, that's the style of a ranger. ”

Han Jian coughed, thinking that what Sima Yi said was not wrong, this can be regarded as crooked reasoning. This time, the king of Yanning County mainly invited him and Yang Xi, as for Sima Yi, in the final analysis, he was just a companion, and it didn't matter how he dressed.

"Yang Gongzi will come over soon, have you prepared a gift?" Han Jian asked casually.

"What gift?" Sima Yi looked puzzled.

"The king of Yanning County is invited to a banquet, and we just go over empty-handed, do you think this is reasonable?" Han Jian glanced at Sima Yu, Sima Yu is the eldest son of Sima in Jiangdu, and he is from a wealthy family, but he has no intention of continuing to develop his aristocratic temperament, and he wants to be a ranger, and he doesn't even care about basic human feelings.

"Prepare some small gifts casually, let Steward Li prepare, go quickly." Han Jian said.

Sima reluctantly went out to make arrangements, and soon returned with a gift box. In order to cope with some daily gifts, the Dongwangfu Annex also has a lot of ready-made gifts to prepare, and Sima Yi just went to bring a gift box back to fill up.

At this time, it was reported outside that Yang Xi had come over.

"Okay, let's go."

Han Jian didn't open it to see what was inside the gift box, he wanted to give a gift but went through the motions, and the king of Yanning County wouldn't open it to see. If Han Jian had known what was inside earlier, he would definitely have slapped Sima in the face.

Joining Yang Xi, a few people took a few guards to the palace of Yanning County. Unlike ordinary officials and sons, a few people don't know how to ride a sedan chair or a horse-drawn carriage, and several people are used to walking. Fortunately, the inner city of Luoyang City is not large, and the places to go are basically gathered within a few streets.

On the way, Yang Xi said: "I told my sister that we were going to Uncle Huang according to your meaning, Brother Han, and my sister nodded and agreed, just let us not go back too late." Also, I heard that yesterday the emperor uncle took Tang Shangshu of the household department to see his sister, saying that he wanted to cure Tang Shangshu's crime, but my sister just let Tang Shangshu be demoted and retained, and was fined for a few months. ”

Han Jian also received the same news earlier, not only was Tang Sheng, the head of the household department, not only not implicated in this case, but also his dereliction of duty was not investigated, and the king of Yanning County seemed to be a trick of "righteous annihilation", but it was actually very clever, on the one hand, it showed that he clearly distinguished between public and private and valued the law, and let the empress take care of face and sell favors, so that there were steps on both sides.

As for this Hubu Shangshu Tang Sheng, Han Jianjue came out that this person is by no means a good person, and he can be alone in the case of being served at the entire yamen, even if he has the support of the King of Yanning County behind him, he has enough means to make Han Jian spend his strength and not find the slightest evidence of guilt. In reality, the situation where everyone is drunk and I am alone will basically not appear, especially in the officialdom, Han Jian thought about it, does this mean that the corruption and deficit case is also related to the king of Yanning County?

If this is the case, what is the picture of the king of Yanning County?

Han Jian was thinking about it, and the group had arrived in front of the palace of Yanning County. The red lacquer gate, the mighty lions on both sides, this is not the specifications of ordinary official mansions. There were several attendants waiting in front of the mansion, but there were no other guests' carriages and official sedan chairs. This made Han Jian a little difficult to figure out, it is difficult to say what kind of specifications the banquet of the King of Yanning County will be, if it is just an ordinary family banquet, it will be very embarrassing during the banquet, because Han Jian is the first time to come, and he and the King of Yanning County will naturally not have any common language when they first meet. (To be continued......)